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~.._ -......,r..._~_.. _A tk • . SUN OFF' CR, Serci: o*.Clod. IMPEIII - .A.L PABLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONN. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. LAMBETH IMPROVEMENT- BILL. Captain ALSAG ER presented two petitions from the rate payers and other inhabitants of Lambeth against the Lambeth Improvement Bill. Also, a petition from certain inhabitants of Cumberland, praying to boo exempted from port dues. MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY. Lord C. MANNERS presented a petition from the mer chants, manufacturers, and traders, of some place in Derby shire, in favour of the Mid:and Counties Railway, as approved of by the Committee. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. Mr. G. EVANS presented petitions from the parishes of Lusk and Skenics, in the county of Dublin, in favour of this Bill, AIRERDEEN IMPRISONMENT BILL. Captain CORDON presented a petition from Aberdeen against this Bill. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. Mr. BROTH ERTON presented a petition. signed by 240 inhabitants of Midtlleton, in favour of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill. MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY. Sir R. FERGUSSON presented a petition against this Bill, and gave notice that he would move its re-commitment tc morrow. ABERYSTWITH HARBOUR. Mr. PENDARVES brought up the report on this Bill. Colonel POWELL brought un the report of the Com mittee on the Aberystwith Harbour Bill. LEEDS AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. Mr. BAINES presented petitions from I.ecds, Hudders field, and several other places, in favour of the Leeds and Manchester Railway Bill. Mr. TURNER presented a petition to the same effect. GLASGOW AND FALKIRK RAILWAY. Mr. GILLON presented a petition against the Glasgow and Falkirk Junction Railway Bill. Mr. CUMMING BRUCE moved the second reading of this Bill. Lord W. BE NTINC K presented a petition from Glasgow against the Bill. Lord .f. STUART presented a petition from Ayr to the same effect. Petitions on the subject of the Bill were then presented by Mr. Oswald, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Stuart M'Kenzie, and four pe titions by Mr. Wallace against. Mr. WALLACE rose to offer his most decided opposition to this Junction Railway, which was merely to join a Canal to a Railroad. It was intended that a most important Railway should be made from Glasgow to Edinburgh, thereby joining the capital of the country wit h the g reat manufacturing capital.' Yet a part of the line which was rejoined for that great great national undertaking was to be taken up by this minor Railway. He opposed it, because it was a half and half measure, and would only join a railroad to a canal. It was opposed by the Magistrates and Town Councils of Glasgow, Greenock, and Edinburgh— by the Merchants' House, and by the Chamber of Commerce of Glasgow—not only was it opposed by them, but also by the Magistracy of Falkirk, into which town it went. To show the animus with which this railway was got up, he would read an extract from a letter written by one of the Proprietors of the 'Canal. The writer said it was of the utmost consequence that every individual interested in the canal should make an immediate exertion, so as to get the ground into their possession, or theisparties interested in the other line would not fail to profit by their neglect. By the projected line, parties would take seven hours to go to the end of their jocrney ; while, by the proposed national undertaking, they would g . et the same distance in two hours. The Hon. Member then i •ead an extract from a letter by another proprietor. To him it was e,-ident this was an endeavour to get possession of ground which o ,:tght to be otherwise employed. The line proposed by that Bili was an extremely bad level. The Hon. Member concluded by moving that the petition should be read that day six months. Dr. BOWRING—Though he admitted that his constitu ents were generally against the Bill, thought that a prima facie case had been made to allow of its second reading.— (Cheers.) Though he was originally dison pOse furthe h r consi d to ave pree - vented the Bill g oing into Committee, yet d ration of the whole matter, he thought ON merits of the mea sure ought to be discussed in Committee. Mr. STEWART MACKENZIE supported the views of the Eon. Member for Kilmarnock. He thought the Bill ought to go into Committee, and being of that opinion he should vote for its second reading. Mr. ROUE RT STEWART supported the second reading of the Bill, considering that if the House threw it out upon its second readin g , it would be one of the most unjust an d un justifiable acts. It was a singular fact that there was no per son who had property on the line who objected to the Bill. Sir G. CLERK he'd presented a petition against this Bill ; from the Provost and Citizens of Edinburgh, and their prin. cipal objection to it was, they had not had time to con sider the provisions of the Bill, and therefore they had no opportunity of laying their objections to it before the Commit tee. But as he understood that this was to be considered as a competing line, the petitioners would not suffer any injury by allowing the Bill to go into Committee, where only the subject could be properly considered. Mr. C. BRUCE would only say that the supporters of this Bill had been in the field six years, before the Edinburgh line was brought in. This line would effect a very important com munication. Mr. HUME hoped that his Hon. Friend the Member for Greenock would be prevailed on not to press his motion. Mr. WALLACE had never proceeded against the feelings of the House, and he never would. fie was satisfied that the general feeling of the House was in favour of this Bill. En tertaining the same opinions that he expressed, he would con sent to withdraw his oposition.—( Hear, hear.) The Bill was then read a second time. EDINBURGH POOR'S RATES BILL. On the motion of the ATTOKNEY-GENERAL, the Edinburgh Poor's Rates Bill was read a third time and passed. DROGHEDA RAILWAY. _ Mr. O'CONR HI. presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Dublin, in favour of the Drogheda Rail way Bill. Referred to the Committee. DUBLIN STEAM COMPANY. Mr. O'CONNEL L presented a petition from the share holders in the Dublin Steam Company, fur leave to present a petition to bring in a Bill during the present session. A Bill was lately before the House on this subject, but, with the principle of a limited responsibility. The petitioners stated that they required an increase of capital ; that that capital was entirely subscribed ; and they now wished for a Bill with an unlimited responsibility. ISLINGTON MARKET. Mr. CLAY presented a petition from the butchers residing in the Tower Hamlets, against the Islington Market Bill, and sta.ine their apprehensions that its effect would be to abolish Smithfield Market. WESSENDEN RESERVOIII BILL. On the motion of Mr. BLACKBURN this J3ill was read a second time. FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of an flo . N. MEMBER, whose name We could no: learn, this Bill was read a second time. GLASGOW AND FALKIRK RAILWAY. Sir G. CLER,K presented a petition from Edinburgh against the Glasgow and Falkirk Railway Bill. POOR HOUSES. Mr. EATON presented a petition .from a parish in Cam bridgeshire, praying for an extension of the time for the re payment of money advanced for the building of parish work h JuscS. MA RINE INSURANCES, Mr. GLADSTONE presented a petition against the duty at present imposed on marine insurances. CRIMINAL CODE• Sir R. FE RG USSO N presented a petition from Notting ham, praying for the amelioration of the criminal code, and for the abolition of the punishment of death,•except in cases of wilful and premeditated murder :. _ • SALMOM FISHERIES. Dr. BO\VRING presented petitions from Kilmarnock and North and South Devon against the Salmon Fisheries Bill, and praying for inquiry. TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. Dr. BOWR!NG presented nine petitions praying for the total abolition of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, to which he begged the earnest attention of the House. Col. THOMPSON presented eleven petitions to the same effect from London, and various districts in its neighbourhood. Among the rest one from the coffee-drinkers of the Commer cial-road.—(Much laughter.) He did not know what sort of politicians they were, but their deliberations were evidently of a grave and sober character.—( Hear.) Mr. PEASE presented a petition from the inhabitants of Derbyshire, in Lancashire, to the same effect. Mr. WAKLE Y prCsen:ed seven petitions to the same effect from Lambeth, and other districts of the metropolis, and one from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Mr. PATTE SON presented a petition to the same effect from a place the name of which did not reach us. Mr. F. MAULE presented a petition to the same effect from Dundee. SEE OF DURHAM. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition from Sunder land, complaining of some of the provisions of the Bill intro duced for the appropriation of the revenues of the roe of Durham. They represented that the county of Durham was entitled to the benefit of any surplus, =stead of its bring applied to the county generally. The Rev. Mr. Grey, one of the petitioners, was rector of this place, with an income not exceeding 2001. a-year, and yet he had to keep two curates. The SPEAKER said the Hon. Gentleman was transgressing the understanding : he was doing more than stating the prayer of the petition. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON thought as the Rev. Gentle man was oge ? of the petitioners, he had a right to state his 3 ,i evvs , ildvrever.,:hloped the Bill would not pass w i t h out an alteration as praye for. The Honourable Member then ,presented a numbef petitions from Sunderland and its neighbourhood, praying for the better observance of the Sabbath.- - Similar petitions were -presonted by Mr. KEARSLEY, Mr. .Chug, and several other Hon. Members. 31r. HINDLEY presented a petition from Warrington, gain .1t tbe Factory Amendment Bill. The petitioners stated at t hey were prevented from enjoying the advantages of the ,leehariies Institution, estAblished in that town, by the long hours they had to work. Mr. SII ARM AN CR AIN FORD presented a petition from the landholders and landowners of Ball ninny, in the county of Amrim, praying fonr the total extinction of tithes and all c ompulsory mssessments for the purposes of religion. They aMo state, that the compulsory Tithe Composition Act, instead of affording relief, bad immensely and unjustly increased, and rendered permanerit the but then of the tithe assessment. To this alleg-ition he particularly requested the attention of English Members with reference to the Act row proposed for England. The petitioners also prayed that the Bill for the improvement of the law of landlord and tenant, now in pro gress, should be passed into a law. Lord CLEMENTS presented a similar petition from a pa rish in Longford. Mr. PARROTT presented a pet:tion from Devonshire against tithes. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. Major ITAK(!olliipresented a petition from Barnstaple, praying for the abolition of the punishment of flogging in the aim". CASE OF LIEUTENANT MAW. Mr. A. PE LHA M presented a petition from Lieutenant Lister Maw, R.N., praying the House to take his case into consideration. This was a case of great hardship. This gentleman had been tried by a court-martial in South America, and he ( Mr. Pelham) believed that it vas truly stated in the petition, that this court-martial was illegal. It was, lie under stood, illegal, in consequence of one of the officers being a second captain. He moved that the petition be read at length. The petition having Len read, Mr. LABOUCHEIZE said that the Court-martial had been a perfectly legal one. He admittdll, however, that the sentence had been rather harsh; and the Admiralty bad done all in their power to remedy it, by restoring Lieutenant Maw to his station in the Navy. The SPEAKER (a we understood) said it appeared to him the petition could not be entertained by the House, be cause it prayed for a grant of money. The petitioner had a pension under the Act of Parliament. After a few observations from Capt. PECUELL, the petition was withdrawn. STAMP DUTIES. Sir GEORGE CLERK gave notice that he should in the Committee on the Stamp Duties Bill move that the duty upon the certificates taken out by the writers to the Signet should be reduced to the same scale as the duty upon the certificates taken out by attornies practising in other parts of the United Kingdom. Lord ASHLEY wished to know from the Right Hon. Gen tleman the President of the Board of Trade, what day would be fixed for the discussion on the Stamp Duties' Bill. There were several parties kept in town anxiously waiting the termi nation of the matter, and it was most desirable that it should be brought on for discussion as speedily as possible. Mr. R THOMPSON quite agreed with his Noble Friend in what he had just stated. There had been other business of importance which had been necessary to bring forward. The discussion had stood for Friday, but he believed that night had been fixed for the Budget, and he thought he might safely say that the Stamp Duties Bill is to be brought forward on Monday next. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BILL. In reply to a question from Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that on Monday next he would be able to state when it would be convenient to take the Report into consideration. CHURCH RATES. Lord STANLEY begged to ask the Noble Lord whether it was his intention to bring in any measure, on the subject of Church rates, during the present session. He had that morn ing received a letter from a parish in Lancashire, stating that the parish church was falling into decay, and that they were unable to repair it without mortgaging the rates. lf, therefore, the Noble Lord intended to introduce any measure, he begged to know whether the payment of such securities would be provided for. Lord JOHN RUSSELL hoped to have been able to bring forward a measure on the subject to which the question of the Noble • Lord referred during the present session. The former Bill was objected to on the ground that the House was not in possession of sufficient information on the subject of Church property. Some were of opinion that the revenues of the church were sufficient to provide for the payment of church-rates. He certainly did not agree in that opinion, but he thought the recommendation containe d in the report of the Commissioners deserving of serious consideration. Because if the House agreed with him that the revenues of the Church of England were sufficient for the religious in struction of the people of that country, then he would make that the ground-work of the measure. It had likewise been his duty to propose two measures for the relief of the Dis senters, one relative to registration, and the other to manages, and he considered that it would be very inefficient and useless for Parliament to settle the question of Church-rates, unless the House was prepared to settle these questions of re gistration and marriages. Therefore his (Lord J. Russell's) answer to his Noble Friend's question was, that he did intend bringing forward during the present Session the question of Church-rates; but it dpended upon the House agreeing in the opinion he entertained, that the present Church revenues, from the Report of the Church Commission, were sufficient for the education of the people of that country, and on the dispo sition of Parliament to relieve the most pressing and proms. r.ent grievances of the Dissenters. He believe it was not necessary for him to say more. COMMUTATION OF TITHES (ENGLAND.) The NOBLE LORD then moved the Order of the Day for the further consideration of the report on the Tithe Commu tation Bill, Sir G. SINCLAIR did not rise for the purpose of opposing the motion of the Noble Lord; but he complained of the conduce of Ministers in considering the Irish and En glish Church as separate establishments, and legislating for them upon different principles.—( Hear, hear, hear.) Considering the way in which the two establishments were connected, it would have been much more manly if the Go vernment had brought forward the Irish Bill at the commence ment of the Session, in order to see if the House of Commons would agree to such a measure. He trusted if such was the case they would have it thrown out in another place. Lord EBRINGTON begged to have the opportunity of presenting some petitions against the Bill before the S p eaker left the cair. The Noble Lord then presented two pe titions from parishes in Devon against the Bill. Petitions with a similar prayer, were presented by Mr. CAYLEY and Mr. Beamiee ; the latter Hon. Gentleman's came from parishes in the county of Cumberland, and they stated that the tithes there were paid in kind, before 1797, when the parishes took them into their own hands for seven years, when the im ' provement in the land was very visible.—( Hear, hear.) They allotted the tithes among themselves, and the plan worked so well that they prayed they might not be obliged to take any other. The Hon. Gentleman also presented a petition from Mr. Davenport, late a Member of that House, stating that from the unprofitable nature of the wheat upon poor lands, his te nantry had put most of his lands into grass, so that the Bill as it at present stood, would double his tithes. He therefore prayed that the Commissioners might have power to consider such cases. Mr. PARROTT wished to address a few words to the House, and more especially to the Noble Lord who brought in the Bill. It appeared to him that upon a question of' such vast importance they were about to legislate without sufficient in formation. He trusted the Noble Lord would allow a Commission to be appointed in the first place, to enquire into the state of all tithes and the practice of tithing in different counties, and when that was done there was no doubt they would have sufficient information. He must say the Noble Lord's Bill would be a most cruel Bill to thousands of people in this country. It was not his intention to divide the House, but if the Noble Lord should perceive a general feeling among the House in favour of the proposition he was about to submit, he trusted the Noble Lord would give in, because he was quite satisfied that if the Bill was carried into effect, in the way proposed by its originators, it would raise the tithe, at least in his own county, from ten to twenty or thirty per cent., in many cases higher than it was at pre sent.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He believed the same thing would take place in Cornwall. These were not sma 1 districts, and lie would tell the Noble Lord that when a system was proposed that should in any large district or county raise the tithe beyond its present amount, that that would he considered as a grievous injury on the tithe-payers of that county. The county with which he was connected was in the most complete ferment upon this Bill.—( Cry of no ) With great deference to the Hon. Member for Barnstable, he was bound to say that that was the case, for he had had forty-seven petitions sent to him, to present on this subject.—( Hear, hear.) He entreated the Noble Lord to issue a Commission to inquire into the subject. He assured him he did not not take this course through any hostility to the present Ministry. On the contrary, he wished to avert all opposition from them. but if he Versevered as was proposed, it would have the effect of driving every Whig who supported them out of Parliament. An Hos. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, declared his approbation of the Bill; and stated the wish of his consti tuents to have the measure settled during the present Session, because if any delay took place they must come to the same condition in which the Irish tithe question stood at present. Mr. HUME had on a former evening stated his objections to the Bill before the House. Ile did not know if the Noble Lord had taken them into consideration. He was convinced that the value of land was considerably increased by the present state of the Corn Laws, and as the people generally looked forward to the abolition of these laws, he feared unless a fixed value was put upon the tithes below that pro posed, they would be sacrificing the interests of the landed gentry.—( Hear, hear.) The more he reflected, the more he was convinced that there could be no fair settlement of the tithe question until the Corn Laws were repealed. The Noble Lord would find difficulties as he' advanced, and that by the proposed enactment they would be fixing a tax of 40 per cent. on the landed interest of the country. Mr. B LAM IRE thought the Corn Laws had nothing to do with the question. In a parish in his neighbourhood, in the year 1771, the tithes were commuted for a fixed corn rent, and the rector received in that year only 2/. more than in the present. The price of wheat was then 4s. 6d. a bushel, Winchester measure, and the average for the last two years was 4s. 6ad. The House then resolved itself into a Committee, Mr. BER. NA I, in the Chair. Upon clause one being put, Lord J. RUSSELL said his wish was that the Bill should be gone through e!ause by clause, and he would listen with atttention to any alterations which hon. members might suggest, and gladly adopt them, if he conceived them calcu lated to improve the Bill. Mr. PEMBERTON said he had carefully perused the Bill, as amended by the Noble Lord, and had compared it carefully with the former Bill, from which it differed most materially. When this Bill was formerly under discussion, THE SAN',LOiNhON, MONDAY, MAY 2. 18:36. he (Mr. Pemberton) suggested that the Bill should be either compulsory or completely voluntary. The Noble Lord dissented from that opinion, and expressed his determination to persevre in the principle he bad laid down. In thus decloaa iin he was cheered by Hon. Members on that (the Ministerial) side of the House. The Noble Lord had, how ever, adopted the suggestions of the present Bill, and he ( Mr. P.) supposed the same Hon. Members who cheered the Noble Lord's dec'aration on a former occasion, would have come forward and assist him iii carryin ,, those suggestions into ef fect. By another portion of the Bill, it was competent for the parishioner to agree upon the amount of the rent cha-ge, and how it was to be apportioned. It was quite obviotN that it had been a question with the framers of the Bill whether they should take the tithe according to the value of the land, or the value of the produce oi' the land. Another alteration in the Bill was with respect to the hop groimds. As the Bill row stood, those lands now in Ovation for hops would be fixed with the high tithe, though they should be out of such cultivation in a few years; and, on the other hand, those lands which might be put into ► ult'valion for hops, after the passing of the Bill wou'd be fixed with only the small tithe now put upon them. In the former Bill the secretary and clerks were to be appointed by the Com missioners. By the present Bill these Commissioners were not so independent as before, for the protection of being re movable only upon the address of the two Houses was taken from them, as was the appointment of the secretary and clerks, which was given to the Lords of the Treasury. With respect to these matters there was much alteration, both in principle and detail. He regretted there was not embodied in the Bill the scheme of the Noble Lord for the absolute redemption of tithes ; that was one subject of regret to him, for he thought it would have much improved it. He did not complain of the rate at which the commutation was fixed; he thought it was fair, and that the Government deserved credit for it; but on the other grounds stated he must oppose the Bill. Lord, JOHN RUSSELL said the object of the Govern me rierr hot to take to themselves the credit of preparing a Bill s)).ch required no alteration ; their object had been to v.2 . eo l "*a Bill which would work fairly and satisfactorily to th'esiptry.—( Hear.) He was ready to take the shame, if sham t was, of havimg submitted to the reproach and feeling of the Honourable Gentleman opposite, and of saying that one of his alterations NN:IS a good and use ful alteration. As to individual agreements, he had stated before, that the power of allowing individuals to make agreements as to particular parts of their property was part of the Bill.—(Hear.) He did not know that he could say more than that he should agree to any proposition consistent with that. Mr. C. BUTLER said that it was with great regret that he had allowed the Bill, without opposition, to go into Com mittee at all, because he was so opposed to the principle on which the Bill was founded, that it appeared to him a mere waste of the time of the House to sanction the Bill in any shape whatever.—( Hear, hear.) However, as it was the duty of every Member to make the Bill as perfect as possible, he should object to the first clause—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) and Connaught.—( Hear, hear, bear.) The w i hole was a system of patronage, injustice, and arbitrary power, and it was uncalled fr, as the present police force was sufficient for all ordicary purposes and on extraordinary emergencies, the Lord-Lieutenant had a Peace Preservation Bill t ,- ) apply to. It appeared to him that no amendment was likely to alter the features of the Bill, or remove the objections which he had to it, as unconstitutional, expensive, and unjust. His Nob!e Friend behind him intended to move some amend , ment ; but in his opinion nothing would make it thro v the power into the hands of persons who should seri- He fe't great distrust in the result of the measure should it Kass itto a law. He protested against it as an act of gross injus ice aimed at the landed gentry of Ireland. He depre cate i giving power to any Governments, such powers as were conferred by the proposed Act ; it was a power too great to be entrust to any human being in a free country.---( Hear, hey.) He could not forget that they lived in times of great change, and that circumstances might arise which would ously abuse it. He trusted their Lordships would pause be fore they would yield to the suggestions of those through whose means the Bill was brought forward, and he should feel it his duty to say non-content to its passing. He protested against it in the name of the whole of the Protestants of Ireland— he protested against it in the name of the Roman Catholics who were not under the controul and dominion of the faction who ruled the Government and the country. He protested against it in the name of all who desired the peace and prosperity of Ireland, and he trusted they would only accede to such parts of it as would seem to their Lordships calculated to promote the security, the tran quillity, and the happiness of all conditions of his Majesty's subjects in Ireland. Viscount MELBOURNE would be sorry to detain their Lordships from going into Committee on this measure. accus tomed as be was and as the House was to the loud and hostile tone of the Noble Earl, to his confident assertions and gross ex aggerations. He should however express his surprise at the tone, manner, style, and tenor of his speech, and had not their Lord ships been acquainted with this measure, he should ask was it a Bill, conferring new powers unknown to the Constitution, did it propose to maize that perpetual which before was only temporary. He would not then go into the details of the measure, but he should deny the assertions of the Noble Earl. He denied that it conferred powers greater than those at present in the hands of the Government. Every one was aware of the na ure of the Police Establishment. Every one approved (LEFT SPEARING.) THE HOUSE OF Loans SWAMPED.—In consequence of the almost unprecedented heighth to which the tide rose to-day, the House of Lords was nearly surrounded with water. Many persons in the gallery, when they saw the waters dashing against the side of the House, and alosmost reaching the win dows, looked upon it as ominous of the tide of public opinion, which seems to rise higher every day against the pro ceedings of their Lordships' House. At the present moment, the coincidence must strike every body. The Right Reverend Peersin particular, who—from their si tuation in the House must, if the rush of waters be too strong to be resisted by the walls of the House—be the first to suffer from it, cannot have felt over comfortable in their place. They would have but a poor chance of floating either on the waters of the Thames, or on the stream of public opi nion. Let us hope that their Lordships, both clerical and temporal, will look upon the rise of the waters as a sign, and immediately proceed to put their House in order. KING'S BENCH.-SATURDAY. HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool. sack at five o'clock this evening. The Earl of WICKLOW presented petitions for the better observance of the Sabbath. Lord DACRE presented a petition from the medical prac titioners of Worcester, praying for a Committee of Inquiry into the laws regulating the practice of their profession. CORPORATE REFORM (IRELAND). Earl GREY presented two petitions in favour of the Irish Municipal Reform Bill. SABBATH OBSERVANCE. _ . —.— The Bishop of CHESTER presented several petitions in favour of a Bill for the better observance of the Sabbath. TITHES (IRELAND.) Lord CLONCURRY presented petitions from Kilcullen, Westport, and several other places, in favour of the Bill for the adjustment of the Tithe Question in Ireland. POLICE (IRELAND.) The Marquis of CLANklCAßDE'presented a petition from the Grand Jury of the county of Galway, praying for some measure to relieve the landholders from the pressure of taxes necessarily imposed under the existing law, for the support of the constabulary force in Ireland. HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY. A NOBLE LORD presented a petition against the Hull and Selby Railway Bill. Lord RODEN presented a petition from the masters mistresses, hostlers and post. boys, of Matlock, against Sunday trading. The Bishop of EXETER presented similar petitions from different parts of Exeter. STAFFORD DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the second reading of the Stafford Disfranchisement Witnesses Indem nity Bill. Lord ASHBURTON and Lord LYNDHURST objected to several parts of the Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON thought the House ought to agree with the other House of Parliament as to some mode of deciding this question. Viscount MELBOURNE admitted that some efficient course should be adopted to effect such an object. After some obseruations from Lord LYNDHURST, which were in so low a tone as to be totally inaudible in the gallery, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. _ . The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a petitidn from Bati praying for an alteration of the system of insurance in cases o lire. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. Lord D UNCANNON moved the Order of the Day for the House going into Committee upon this Bill. Losd RO DEN said that having been prevented from attend ing himself on the second reading of this most important Bill, he was most anxious to take the opportunity now of making a few observations as to the principal and details of the measure, which appeared to him most objectionable in one, and most dangerous in another point of view. He had carefully read over the contents of this Bill now upon the table, and he thought he was not expressing himself too strongly when he said, that for the six and twenty years he bad sit in that House he had never seen a measure which was proposed for the adoption of either House of Parliament.—( Hear.) It appeared to him the more objectionable as a permanent measure, giving, as it did, so immense an influence and power to the Government. He could not conceive that the circumstances of the county to which this Bill was intended to apply, at all warranted so great a departure from the constitution. He could not think that any circumstances warranted the introduction of such a measure as this, and he trusted that their Lordships would pause before they consented to agree to its introduction. In examining this Bill, he found that it cast an unwarranted stigma on the resident gentry and unpaid magistaacy of Ireland, and in their name and in his own, he protested against the whole of this measure ; and he implored the House to pause before they consented to adopt either the principle or details of this Bill. It was no argument to say that former measures as coercive and objectionable as this had been agreed to.—( Hear, hear, hear.) It would be in their Lordships' remembrance that those measures were temporary—that they were meant to apply to particular districts, and to be removed when the cir circumstances that called for them were done away.. But this measure was proposed to be permanent, and it gave the executor a most extraordinary power. It was no answer to be told that there was no intention to carry into full effect the power whidh the Executive asked for, and which was con tained in this Bill. That might be so or not, and he was ready to give every crcdit'to the Noble Lords opposite, but lie knew the circumstances in which they stood. They were liable to be moved by the pressure from without at one time and at another by the spirit of the age; and as to Ireland, they were under the controul and under the command of the Romish faction, so that they were not their own masters to follow the course they thought necessary. He had therefore no confidence in the line of conduct pursued by his Ma jesty's Government in Ireland, and he believed he was not saying too much when he said be was joined in that by the great mass of the resident gentry, and that they were as unwilling as he was to give those alarming powers which were sought for in the enactments of that Bill. He had a right to argue against it as he found it on their Lordships' table. He was not bound by what might be intention, of the Nubia Lords opposite, or the Noble Lo ds behind him, in Committee, but looking at it as it came fro:n the House of Commons, he would fearlessly confess that it 'vat the most extraordinary specimen of the view of his Majesty's At torney-General he had ever met with; and lie truly be lieved that such a measure had never come from any Gttorney-General before. The first feature it presented was the ehormous patronage of various offices differing in grade. differing in duty, and differing in the value, bat all of of them subservient to the will and patronage of the crown in Ireland. It gave a power to the L or d Li eutenant to appoint 143 Magistrares at 4001. a-year. He h a d b een to ld by a Noble Viscouht opposite that it was hi s i ntent i on i n the co urse of that Committee to reduce the number, but he ( Lord Roden) was speaking of the Bill as it came from his Majesty's advise s in the House of Commons, and. as it pass e d t h at H ouse . He knew not , nor did he question, the obj ects o f t h e framers of the Bill in taking su:h a power to themselves ; but it was natural for those at a distance to suppos e th at t h e y were appointed for some sinister motives, and th a t i t was t h e intention of Governm ent to set aside the honest, unpaid, de voted Magistrates of that country, who had so long discharged their high and important duties with honor t o themselves, and benefit and credit to their country. He f o u n d i n another part of th , Bill that the Lord-Lieutenant was appointed to be an autocrat over that country nearly equal to the Emperor of all the Russias—that he was empowered to rais e a standi n g arm y to any amount, withou t an y application to Parliament— without any sanction of the P riv y Council, or any application from the Magistrates, or persons best acquainted with t h e cir cumstances, and anxio us for the preservation of th e p eace . IL had not only the powe r of raising, but of paying that army —first by a moiety out of the consolidated fund, and the other from the grand jury cess of the county.. In addition to that situation were to be the magistrates who now had . the appointment of the con sa:eacibulaeisn,teadndwitiwihooms tohuegirhtltoocahlll the e oll u e were best deprived of it, and it was to be thrown into the hands of persons who were totally ignorant of the case. Ile might be told, that in some parts of Ireland magistrates had resigned that power ; but that was no argument that it we not a whole e some and salutary control. He found the Bill unnecessarily ° w ri' h o increasing the expenditure to a very great degree, and d ou bling the tax on the landed proprietors, who first paid their moiety to the consolidated fund , and t hen their moiety . to the grand jury assessment. He conceived it to be therefore a most unjust proceeding. He objected to it because it extended to all parts of Ireland—to Ulster, where peace and tranquility reigned, as well as to the three disturbed provinces of Leinster, Munster HITCHCOCK V. COKER. This was an action against the defendant on a contract by which he bound himself, in consideration of being at that time in the employment of the plaintiff, that if at any time thereafter, directly or indirectly, he should in his own name, or for his own use and benefit, carry on the business of a chemist and druggist within three miles of the town of Taunton, he should pay the plaintiff the sum of 5001., which should be recovered, not as a penalty, but as liqui dated damages. The cause was tried at the Somerset shire Spring Assizes in 1835, before Mr. Baron Gurney, when a verdict was given for the plaintiff, to the full amount stated in the agreement. A rule had since been obtained to set aside the judgment and have a new trial, or arrest the judgment on the ground that this contract was illegal. The Court took time to consider the case. COMMON PLEAS.-SATURDAY. WESTON V. FOSTER. The action in this case, which was tried before Mr. Jus tice Vaughan, was brought fur the recovery, upon a personal security of the owner of the ship Elizabeth, of a sum of 4001. alleged to have been advanced to the Captain of that vessel previous to her voyage from Sierra Leone to London. The Captain, whose name was Fortune, requiring a further advance, gave as additional security a bottomry bond, but the Elizabeth having been lost on her homeward voyage, the owner denied his liability under that bond. The Jury, however, under the direction of the Learned Judge, found a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant TAnDY on a former day obtained a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection ; but cause having been shown against that rule by Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, it was ordered by the Court to be discharged. Mr. Sergeant TADDY now appeared to move an arrest of judgment or repleader. The COURT refused to grant the rule. EQUITY EXCHEQUER-SATURDAY SMALL V. ATTWOOD. BOW-STREET. A man, wl:o gave his name Edmund Gale, was brought up in custody of M‘Gill, a sergeant of the R. division of police, charged on suspicion of being concerned in a high way robbery and murder committed in Devonshire, in dilly last. The officer produced the Hue and Cry and Police Gazelle, in which he pointed out to Mr. Minshull the in formation on which be had apprehended the prisoner. It was as follows :—" On the night of the 16th of July, Mr. Jonathan May, of Sewton Barton, in the parish of Duns ford, county of Devon, on his 7eturn from Moretonliamp stead Fair, at. about ten o'clock, was attacked near the one mile stone, and robbed of his watch and pocket-book, and murdered. A man, who for sonic time past has gone by the name of Richard Turpin, stands charged with having committed the said murder." After giving a description of the man, which precisely corresponded with that of the prisoner, it went on to state, that his real name is Edward Galle, a native of Kingston, in Surrey, who had been in the habit of dealing in horses, and of playing the pea and thimble at fairs and races. Mr. MirtisnuLL declared that upon the evidence ad duced it was his duty to send him into Devonshire for fur ther examination before the Magistrates there. The prisoner was then secured with handcuffs, and re moved. This long-contested, and as yet apparently interminable, cause was again brought before the Court upon exceptions taken to the interrogatories before the Master. Mr. KNIGHT, in support of the exceptions, contended that the inquiry ought not to have been directed beyond the net profits of the concern. The interrogatories framed were immaterial and irrelevant to the objects of the decree. Some of them presented a physical impossibility of being answered at all, while others were not within the compass of years, even in copying alone. Six of these interroga tories were directed to the colliery at Wolverhampton, re quiring an account of all the iron-stone, coals, stock, &e., from September 30, 1825, distinguishing the quantity gotten between pay-day and pay-day, and quarter and quarter. The first of these interrogatories would afford employment more than sufficient for the ordinary duration of human life. If these interrogatories were allowed every suitor would be completely at the mercy of his adversary. Mr. WAKEFIELD supported the interrogatories. His LORDSHIP postponed giving judgment. ADMIRALT YMOURT.-SATURDAY THE SLOOP PETREL. In this case Matthew Russell, the elder, was to have appeared to-day to show cause why he should not be or dered into custody for his share in running away with the sloop Petrel, from Shoreham to Jersey, where she was sold, and had since been carried, it was not known where. The Court finding Matthew Russell the elder did not appear ordered an attachment to issue against his person forthwith, INSOLVEN T JSCBT(TRS I COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF GEORGE REES NOVEL APPLICATION• Mr. COOKE, at the rising of the Court this day, applied to have a female creditor appointed assignee of the above insolvent's estate. The insolvent was a short time since discharged without opposition, subsequent to which a meet ing of creditors bad been convened, according to the rules of the Court, in the London Gazette and other papers, when no creditor appeared, excepting a female, who ap pointed herself assignee, subject to the confirmation of the Court, and the Learned Counsel now moved the same upon the usual affidavits. Mr. Commissioner BowEN said that no female could be appointed assignee to an insolvent's estate, except under very peculiar circumstances. He and the Learned Com missioners thought the attorney for this lady should' go round to the creditors, and, in the event of their refusal, to accept the trust, the Court would re-consider the application. Mr. COOKE said that application should be immediately made to the creditors. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Aaron Moses, Joseph Aaron, and John Horns, were charged with plundering the house of Mrs. Hart, of 33, Gravel-lane, slop-seller. During the temporary absence of Mrs. Hart her resi dence was entered, and, from information which she re ceived, she went to Three Sun-alley, where Hyams lived. While standing at the door, she heard enough to convince her that not only the thieves but the stolen property were in the house. The police rendered assistance, and the pri soners were taken into custody, and the purloined articles, consisting of eighteen pieces of printed and other goods, found in the room. The prisoners were committed for trial. GUILDHALL. The Secretary of the New River Company attended this day upon a summons, charging the Company with neglect ing and refusing to pay the sum of 201., due to the Rector of St. Mary Somerset, Thames-street, for tithes. A book was handed up, which merely specified " New River Company, 201.," but did not explain on what pro perty it was assessed. Alderman KELLY said it was necessary to have some pro perty stated, and inquired of the parish officers. The collector said the tax had begun in the reign of Queen Anne, and had continued through the successive Companies until now. The Secretary of the New River Company was very de sirous of knowing what it was for. The parish had been asked before, and could not determine. He believed that in the reign of Queen Anne the water for the supply of the parish was kept in a cistern on the roof or in the steeple of the church of St. Mary, and it was not unlikely it was as- WILLIAM E WART, ESQ., 1 • sessed on that. . LIVERPOOL. Alderman KELLY declared that he had no power to order tha Company to pay it, but he would recornurnd that thev , did so. TO THE EDI - FOR OF THE LIVERPOOL COURIER', ,Sys,—l am one of those who do not like that the merits 0.1 our representative should pass unnoticed, or the light o e o f fs h o l wisdom be hid under a bushel. Among the many pr 0.. his care and watchfulness in promoting the interests ni constituents which have distinguished career, draw their attention to his List effort to promote the trade:it. ao prosperity of Liverpool, I mean his active opposition tit Dublin Stearn ,Packet Company, and his zeal in the attei_tTt to extinguish them. Sir, I do not hesitate to tali the /3 but which the Dublin Company introduced into Parliament, which, by the united efforts of our representatives and eth ir er, equally valuable friends to Liverpool, was lost on the third reading, as a Bill for promoting the best interests of the trades n I have nto, of Liverpool, and for improving and extending their conuexio with the interior of Ireland. It was a Bill to enable the Com' into subscribe additional capital in Ireland, to be expended Liverpool. This was a peculiar feature of the Bill. I would ask our worthy representative how he will explain this itereeMr to his constituents. He voted for the Bill on the second reads, in g-, and expressed his opinion strongly in favour of th e g eneral usefulness of the Company. On the third reading, llawe ve F , he changed his mind, and assisted their Scotch rivals in their_ efforts to extinguish this Company. What could have caused this change ? lie was entrusted with a petition, many of the first and best-informed merchants and traders 9t Liverpool in favour of the measure against which lie voted._ But be had a petition against the Bill, signed by the agents of the Scotch Steam Companies in .Liverpool. Yet, what have the Scotch Companies done for Liverpool ? Have they ever built a vessel there, or expended a thousand pounds among its tradespeople? Have the Dublin Company built any their signed by. numerous vessels anywhere else ? They have in Liverpool a ex- .. pended, within a few years, above half a mill ion sterling, an where would the new capital have been expended ? Exclusively in Liverpool. They are now expending above 50,0001. a Ye ar chiefly among our tradespeople. Is that what stirs up the gall ant' opposition of our Honourable Member ? Have they ever a te l l ' ped out of their line of business to interfere in politics, or in. fluence a single tradesman's vote? Let him inquire from tht highest to the lowest of his constituents, and ask, have not th Company, during twelve years, promoted the best interests of Liverpool ? But, above all, the great efforts and enterprise of the Company in creating trade and intercourse in the bs, art of Ireland, and leading the fruits of that industry which ':ney h ave created, to the port of Liverpool, while, in return, they ha ve increased the consumption of every description of British m nufacture in that country—all this gives them :a pecu liar cla im ; not merely to the support, but to the most active e xertions an' influence of the Representatives of Liverpool. Had Mr. twat a" seen, as I have seen, the partisans of Scotch interests laugh ire t the folly of our Representative, and the worthy Conservati , Representative of Belfast, both of whom so effective l y P laYe s d the game of the cunning Scotchmcn, they wou ld have cu rse their own stupidity and folly, which could lead them to crus h the real friend of Liverpool, at the instigation of th ose Whe would willingly see Liverpool sunk in the waters of her 0011 Mersey, that it might exalt the town and trade of their oval Clyde. A TRADER OF LIVERPOOL. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—The Q ueeti on Friday honoured this theatre by her presence, having spec.-- commanded tha Hunchback, and the extravaganza of Z u f t e h zl ; zozu. Her Majesty, who was attired in white silk, kith crimson velvet hat and white ostrich feather, occupied h.ch private box on a line with the first circle, the front of c° . 1 6 , 5 . was decorated for the occasion with crimson silk draPerLn. On her entree her Majesty was greeted in the m ost oP e tm ant siastic manner by a numerous and respectable audience, 11 0 a p an overflowing one. The play, although it has undcre_ n entire change in its cast since it was first represented ber't,„ stikl very efficiently supported. Mr. G. Bennett makes.% excellent .Master Walter. It is, undoubtedly, his bestioa ratter. The somewhat uphill part of Sir Thomas Cl' , than in the hands of the new p er f ormer , M r . Dale, COu a O 7 O be more effectively sustained; nor could that of He/es d e Nis into better than those of Miss Beverley. Miss Fancies "To we have before noticed as a very powerful performanc e. ..og play was received with much a pp ro b a ti on th ro ughout , „';., she also the extravaganza—a passage in which " Long 1 " 00 01- Queen " was caught up and cheered. Her Majesty , 8 ,, of panied by Princes Ernest of Phillippsth a l and Geogotarls Cambridge, and attended by the Countess of Mar' ter' Howe and Denbigh, remained until the conclusion of the formances--nearci one o'clock. at On Wednesday last, as the dinner arri l , l e ne ir the residence of Sir John Dean Paul, the guests progress 01 carriages was stopped by a crowd surrounding two fire-e'i A g b ' e ea and, on inquiry, it appeared the house of Sir J. Paul l'aunyer for some hours on fire, in consequence of a flue bei 4 „ - ,de6 l heated and choked by soot. The firemen, however, su e t; s at in removing the danger, and, at a late period the Pld'in e d down to dinner, the house continuing for some hours with smoke, although the flames were quite extinguished. h The weather, we are sorry to say, continues 11 , 0 21 , 0 5 e and ungenial, in the extreme. Yesterday we ba d to thd severe showers of hail, which must prove destructiv e jog early fruit blossoms, and this day it blows a keen and ",: t hat wind from the northward. There is much reaso ,- .1 to l e8 ,; the backwardness in getting in the seed crops, Par t " — c l uing those of oats and potatoes, will militate mu...,-11 - in the e, ll- ir year against the agricultural interests.__Dublin c nesday. At , dal BETTING AT ALMACK'S. Each We"'" e j generally brings some joke for the night, and the spo rt ",: s t ‘2 lo week was the gentlemen offering to bet their fair Part ee t : o val to 1 in gloves, that the "Ladies' Gallery Bill " will b u t bir the out again by a large majority on Tuesday next ~• bet; ladies being warned by its having twice failed alrcadY, w re taken. 1-isre IPSWICH.--The Reformers of this Town„' t iot been actively ali ve d ur i ng th e past wee k in doing a„isne lies in their power to counteract the base and m align r en t. f the conspirators against its re ose and ood gove r° l l cl 4 On Monday evening a meeting of p the Town Council vin s u to_ devise among themselves the best steps to pursue. ", - i t iont determined to represent to the House of Lords, by to the present state of affairs, and to solicit their L o o'l sll ' o s pass the Municipal Amendment Act, now before the t t li gt,' , means of preventing the total disfranchisement of the 13°1.- 'tlo tt and the entire cessation of conducting all public business 'ol3ble its limits, without rendering its municipal governors alneisbich for transgressing the laws, and being subject to pe*Anittilice.irire.alt a certain faction are too prone to sue for, to gratify courous feelings of political animosity.—SuPh Ch"fliclope• CHURCH OF SCOTL A NIL—A meeting of tilf„,ohs ratives of Glasgow and suburbs, was held in Dr. Aug Chapel, on Monday evening, for ' the purpose of en n r s n i Cul" the nature of the evidence laid before MajestY' s t° sioncrs for Religious Instruction by state churchmen, and t° declare their views as to their means of prov iding theltode" with religious instruction a nd pa s toral supe r i nte ndence — ;ol to Clare also against the imposition of fresh endowment!' „ A uer° impugn the f ou l i m p u t a ti on h ea p e d u pon them, o f btn;rte e paupers, whil e , f rom th e f ru it o f th e ir labours, al l -- of derived. Resoluti ons i n accor d an ce with the obj‘Jet so O ts meeting were carried by overwhelming Times. ADVERTISEMENT.) ii . M. , ' NEW S I L VEIt WAI T° r o e. Round, with elegant Shel-pattern edges. Plain Centres. A: s d. Chased Centre!. me ter 14 0 Silver Waiter 7; , a.2oz. in. diameter Silver Waiter , Pin d ia est. 5 g 0 1 A Ditto 10 ditto, *2 , oz. a 1i5.... 9 0 U Ditto 1 0 ditt o, W o oz a f ,.; . 6 , 4 40 froul Ditto IS ditto. Slioz. aOs ...3S 14 0 Ditto IS ditto, 8 6 " z• '%., p rice Also a variety of Second-hand Waiters, Tailing 1-- ' 47; (is to is. 6d. per ounce. # . t an d silve r T. COX SAVORY, Working Goldsmith Cornhill, London. ___..----- _-- - KHei O iride n feu t rr h s: e le,y 2 , 6Ethsquit., in U:ielrßlL'lrlleSy•----s.troefe:alllerE- slpatqa.l,ltto:l3:,ilubrilosuf.:Abif. of a son. 0 0 n n t t h h e e 260 2 f 6 t ah t ult., h dua . : ut g. h t e a r t . Poet's-corner, the lady of Shakespere, o h f a to s t o . n:. the D i ' I) wife of R. Groom, Es aa q tt . On the 25t 12th Regiment, 1, t la of a daughter. On the 26th ult.. in Henrietta t eet Cavendish-stluar-' c W on a d tts da E ug s h q. te , ,DBo,:i.bxalwi Dublin, lutgCh:otsuel daughter. Court, :ICauetste r s h l r e , i MARRIED. Pick- On the 28th ult., at St. Pancras Church,. William 11earlmoe. son, Esq., of Clapham-common and Furnivafs Inn, to Sophi e. the o y a ot t n h i youngest e i 2 t sr d ot a hfo u fu g at hlinitetieol,ran at t f N s t..Wpaatahcernas, Ecsqh.,,trochf ut.srtede-is. g elc, " a o r l ii ,o , t se ra , t - e te i r i r e a v e . e, B C en a r am de i n a Isabella, 0 n, th e youngest e u s l t t . , (laughtera t T ott Tottenham a j m a i n Church st ep Gt h i" , c b : b s ; e f fi l t Pembrokeshire. ham-terrace. On the 22d ult., at Hatton Castle, Aberdeenshire, I.lega':.(dieer° Morison, Esq., of I3ognie, to Jessie, eldest daughter o ‘-' Duff, Esq. o! Hatton. On the '26th ult., at Mar lebone Church, Thornac, Y°dilidgecis: son of the John Vincent Pur 3 rier, Esq., to Franco 313Vo'rtinan daughter of A. C. Johnston, Esq., of Gloucester -place, square. On on the the 2276tthhuluti.,t.,atztSts.t.MaLrey:_s Church, 111aryleh"nilitte72teb"; o Thomas Wyld, of North Wraxhill, Wilts, to 3.laria,(iaa!, %.1 Janeo s a e p i. l o t If i f I , ' r re o a : ta ten'llt °I late J. Neeld, Esq., of Gloucester place Portman-si.. (~ ~,,,, M.D to • ,Lucy, daughter of the late Rev. J• B. sail, Derbyshire. o of 10 ' 4 c 1.- onard' ' s, On the 26th ult., at Eastbourne, Freeman, eldest s . O ou _, )11 , Thomas, Esq., of B a tt on , Sussex, and grandson of Vt.s. t!.f S T t . . 1 1 3 i ' l a r ti g l o . s n , C I I I , dleton, to Emily, eldest daughter' of Fed,x, ' Bourne. ------"' , se lierf DIED. . 130 01 ' On Friday last, in his 67th year, Mr. Thomas °I fj'Cirl. of alt• Churchyard. the 28th ult., Catharine Margaret On ,, VA' Brunswick-square. On the ... agedas b7,4' Vsq. , a 1 3 ' On the 27th ult , in New Inn, Thomas Helm, ... _ of l‘fr. On th 3 - th • e i ult., at Brompton, age— A 82, Jane, wido, , a cct . Essex, formerly of the Strand. o f :dott-Noe. On the 26th ult., aged 69, Mr. John Sanger, , ; e •setsoo• e , ' , the and mower 0. On the 26th ult., at Halsewell House, Sornant i ou•-t -wife of Colonel Tvnte, M.P. for Bridgewa ter, nff ettt Member for West • S • t itire Ottlet SC S • • , younges: ilatd.gchoters, le 66 ' child of E. Litchfield, Esq., of Chanecry-lane.. On the 27th ult., aged 9 months, Louisa Elizabeth, Cl oi n t t i h h e e 2 2 6 7 t th h a ul i t t .. ; l ll sa l a r c . \Dvaavnied sCloaotekr,,oifslql.a..ton-g_7l:ll°cgcartair, On the 23d ult., at Richmond, Yorkshire, ag , ' . 02. „ Richard Ye0mar12.N:.........................................14°. ---_--SUNG, fit. London t Printed and Published by MURDO ._ the cop -112, Strand, at The Sufi Office , Of Middlesex, No. 112, Strand'''. lIATTON-GARDEN. Amelia Evans and Ma►y Evans, sisters, the eldest 20 and the youngest 16, were charged with coining. The prisoners declined saying anything, and were fully com mitted to Newgate. Q UEEN- S Q UA RE. Two young men, who gave their names John Brunsden and Thontas tVinterjlood, were charged upon suspicion of stealing a fine grey charger, alleged to be one of the horses engaged in the drama of Chevy Chace at Drury-lane Theatre. Police constable, 31 L, at half-past two o'clock yester day morning was on duty in Webber-street, Blackfriars road, when he observed the prisoner Brunsden leading a horse ridden by a female, and followed by the prisoner and another female. Suspecting that it had been stolen he watched them, and in the Blackfriars-road the female dis mounted, when the other woman was assisted up, and, after riding some distance, witness obtained the aid of another constable, and took the whole party into custody. The horse was brought in custody of the police to the office-yard, where it betrayed every appearance of having been trained to the stage. Winterflood, upon being called on to reply to the charge, said that he was in a state of intoxication when taken into custody, and at the station-house had told a great many falsehoods, but the fact was that the horse belonged to Mr. Meredith, the equestrian, and had been given into his charge to take to the stables. Mr. Meredith identified the horse, and as it did not ap pear that there was any felonious intention on the part of the prisoners, they were ordered to he discharged. MARY LEB ONE. After the disposal of the night charges, and while throughout the office " a solemn stillness reigned," a num ber of ladies and gentlemen rushed forward in order to have the Magistrate's decision with regard to the real ownership of a fancy lap-dog. The complainant in the case was a fashionably-dressed female, with the very pleasing name of Maria Matilda Jones ; and the defendant a little man, with a formidable pair of carotty whiskers, said, in a penny-trumpet voice, that he was Mister Weatherley, of Somer's Town. Miss Jones had had possession of the dear creature for upwards of two years, and on Sunday last as she was taking an airing, the defendant seized hold of Flora (for that was the pet's name), and alleging that she was her pro perty, carried her off. She (Miss Jones) having since as certained where her favourite was, went to the defendant's house, when he told her to go about her business, and also used towards her the most indelicate language. Miss Jones brought forward witnesses to prove her right and title to the lap dog, and the defendant also produced several persons who gave testimony in favour of his claim. Miss Jones, who looked most affectionately at the object in dispute, and in the course of investigation completely saturated a cambric handkerchief with her tears, here sobbed out, " Flora, dear Flora I" and from the excessive fondness and delight which the animal evinced at the lady's voice, it was quite clear as to how the question of ownership should be decided. Miss Jones, by the authority of Mr. Shutt, then quitted the office with the dog, to the discomfiture of the other party. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the lianip;hire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 30.—The Salamander steam-ves sel arrived here on Sunday from Woolwich, with a detach ment, consisting of 120 Royal Marines, under the command of Captain Pratt, and after 30 other privates had been transferred to her from the flag ship at this port, proceeded with the whole to St. Andero. The Phoenix steamer, on Thursday, took on board at Plymouth, Major Owen, K.H., three officers, and 80 men, from that division, and sailed for the same quarter, where she was followed on Thursday by the Comet steam vessel, Lieutenant Otwa,y, with the re mainder intended to be withdrawn from that division on this particular service. The Quail cutter, Lieutenant Bisson, is ordered to be paid off,-but for the present is not to be repaired, the Ad miralty wishing, it is said, to make a personal inspection of the wrecked state in which she miraculously reached Eng land. The Commander-in-Chief, Sir P. Durham, accom panied by Sir F. Maitland and the Hon. Capt. Bouverie, visited the Quail on Monday last, when Sir Philip read a letter from the Lords of the Admiralty, expressing their highest approbation of the conduct of the officers and sea men. The second officer in command is a son of our much respected townsman, C. W. Hoffineister, Esq., collector of customs at Wit:beach ; and it will afford us much pleasure to hear that this excellent young officer has met with his just reward by promotion. Both officers and seamen lost every article of clothing, &c., either washed overboard or destroyed. The Moira transport arrived on Wednesday from Malta, after a tedious passage, with the head-quarters of the 7th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Far quharson, which have disembarked, and joined the other companies in Forehouse barracks. The Moira, in coming into harbour, grounded on the Hamilton-bank, where she remained several hours, but got off again, without receiving any injury, the next tide. Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, G.C.8., will assume the command at Plymouth to-morrow ; the flag of Sir Wil ham Hargood was to be hauled down at sunset to-day. The only ships at Spithead ar the Pantaloon, 10 guns, Lieutenant Cory, ordered to tilt' Gambia, with presents to some of the Chiefs there, who have recently evinced a friendly disposition towards this country in the matter of the gum trade ; the Moffatt, Bolton, for Sydney, to take on board 400 convicts ; and the New York packet Philadel phia, Capt. Morgan, full of cabin and steerage passengers : she will sail to-morrow (Sunday). Intelligence has been received of the Meteor steam-vessel having sustained such injury by fire, on her passage from Kingston to the north part of the island of Jamaica, as to render her incapable of being repaired. The Bellerophon, 80, Captain Jackson, C. 8., and Van guard, 80, Captain the Hon. D. P. Bouverie, wilt go out of the basin on Tuesday. The Cornwallis and Talavera went out of harbour at Plymouth into the Sound on Thursday. The Minden will shortly follow. Additional shipwrights have been placed this week on the Inconstant frigate, building in this dockyard, to expe dite her completion as much as possible. This beautiful vessel, which is constructed by Captain Hayes, and from whose model the naval world augurs so much, will be launched on the 16th of June. The crew of the Royal George yacht is to be increased in number, and the Partridge 10 gun brig is to be attached to her, as is the Pantaloon at present. APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut. Prevost and Mustafa Effendi and Osman Effendi (Turkish Akers) midshipmen, to the Pembroke ; Mr. W. White, master, (late of the Spartiate) to the Royal Adelaide ; Mr. James Jackson, surgeon, Mr. Chegwyn, senior second master, and Mr. Frederick Cheese man, master's assistant to the Buffalo ; Mr. J. Haynes, se cond master, to the Pantaloon ; Mr. A. G. Edye, mate, and Mr. John Mallard, schoolmaster, to th e e 13ritannia ; Mr. Warburton, midshipman, to the Hercules ; Mr. J. W. Dorville, mate, and M. A. M. Bingham, midshipman to the Bellerophon. AGRICULTURAL 1G NO RA NC E.—Grass fields some times lose their good name from causes unsuspected till the ef fects appear, and when this occurs, nature herself demands a change in the form of a top.dressing untried before, or, should that fail, the application of the plough. Fogging is the dis ease most incident to old pastures; but there are other causes of deterioration, such as the tendency of certain herbs to Ex haust particular properties of the soil, and thus communicate a deadening influence, as yet unprobed by practical chemistry. Cases have fallen under our notice in which cattle grew in bone and stature, but not in beef or fat ; and many a dealer has dis. covered to his cost that there is something wrong, without being able to tell the reason why. To the million, nothing appears plainer than blades of grass and the fields they cover, and yet one of the simplest departments of husbandry, apart al together from climate and season, offers up to the present mo ment a wide field for philosophical investigation.—Dunfrie Courier,